David Lough (third from left), a 2004 graduate of Green High School and major league baseball player, poses with principal Cindy Brown (left) baseball coach Jon Wallace and assistant principal Erich Muzi (right) as Lough's high school jersey was retired in a pre-game ceremony on Friday at Green High School. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)

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Green's Austin Marciniak shoots over Tallmadge's Anthony Miller in the first quarter on Friday at Green High School. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)

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Fans and basketball players applaud after a replica of the high school jersey of David Lough, a 2004 graduate of Green High School and major league baseball player, is displayed in the rafters during a pre-game ceremony on Friday, at Green High School. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)

Real top banana David Lough (left), a 2004 graduate of Green High School and major league baseball player, slaps hands with students after his school jersey was retired in a pre-game ceremony on Friday at Green High School. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)

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David Lough (seated), a 2004 graduate of Green High School and major league baseball player, signs autographs for Patie Partin (left) and DarShawn Armstrong before a pre-game ceremony retiring Lough's high school jersey on Friday at Green High School. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)

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Green's Austin Marciniak (right) shoots over Tallmadge's Anthony Miller in the first quarter on Friday at Green High School. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)

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Green baseball coach Jon Wallace embraces David Lough (right), a 2004 graduate of Green High School and major league baseball player, after Lough's school jersey was retired in a pre-game ceremony on Friday at Green High School. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)

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Tallmadge's Andrew Francesconi (right) shoots over Green's Nicholas Reale (left) and John Davies in the first quarter on Friday at Green High School. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)

Major league baseball player David Lough, a 2004 graduate of Green High School, acknowledges applause during a pre-game ceremony retiring his high school jersey on Friday at Green High School. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)

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